on arts + design

Sleep Suit

An adjustable cocoon designed by Forrest Jessee, a project on the idea of personal space in relationship to the human body and its surrounding environment, inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s practice of Dymaxion Sleeping (which involves four 30-minute naps over a period of 24 hours and explores the material requirements for such conditions) .

The Suit is comprised of structural 3D pleats of EVA foam and provides various levels of support where the user needs it the most, allowing constant airflow between the inside and outside.

The project is currently on tour throughout Europe in a show, Futurotextiles 3